Volume XLII
Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, October 13, 1961
Number 4
Bray Brothers Write
Two Historical Dramas
Two historical dramas about Vir
ginia’s colonial history have been
written by Salem faculty member,
Mr. Jim Bray, and his twin brother
Ben, member of the Coker College
faculty. The pageant, “Prelude to
Victory”, will be presented at
Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19.
The television script, “The Lost
City of Henricus”, will be presented
October 24, on WRVA-TV in Rich
mond.
The brothers were commissioned
to write the pageant by the U. S.
Department of the Interior for the
celebration at Yorktown of the vic
tory over the British in tl781. This
year the emphasis is on the French
participation in the campaign;
therefore, the pageant concerns the
Conference at Lynnhaven preced
ing the battle. There George Wash
ington, the Frenchman Rochamp-
beau and Comte de Grasse met to
formulate the plans for battle.
The honored guests at the pre
sentation will be the French am
bassador and five ships of the
French navy.
Home Ec. Club
Reveals Plans
For Meeting
Tuesday, October 17, at 5:30 p.m.,
the Home Economics Club is hav
ing a progressive supper for the'
entertainnient of the prospective
freshmen and Home Economics
majors. The, appetizer will be ser
ved m the Home Economics de
partment, the main course at the
home of Mrs. Honeycutt, and des
sert at the home of Mrs. Snow.
To introduce the freshmen to
Home Economics, several girls will
tell of their ' summer experiences:
Rachel Parker, who attended the
National Home Economics Asso
ciation Convention in Ohio; Joan
Thrower, who traveled through
Europe; and Molly Scarborough
who worked in the dietary depart
ment of the Dorothea Dix State
Hospital as a student dietitian- An
invitation to the supper is extended
to anyone interested in becoming
a' member of the club this year.
Wake Forest
Music Society
Gives Schedule
The Wake Forest Chamber
Music Society announces that it
will present a series offering both
» the traditional and the modern in
chamber music.
The Society will present a flute
and harpsichord duo featuring
Jean-Pierre Rampal and Robert
Veyron-Lacroix on Friday, Novem
ber 10; the Fine Arts Quartet on
Monday, December 4; a viola and
piano duo featuring Paul Doktor
and Yaltah Menuhin on Tuesday,
February 20; and the Drolc Quartet
on Thursday, March 15. All con
certs will be given at Wake Forest
College in the Magnolia Room of
Reynolda Hall at 8:30 p.m. Coffee
will be served during intermissions
at the performances.
Adult memberships for 1961-62
can be obtained for $6.00; student
memberships are $4.50. If you want
to apply for membership, write to
The Wake Forest Chamber Music
Society, P. O. Box 7451, Reynolda
Station, Winston-Salem, N. C.
The television script, purchased
by a commercial agent, is based
on research done by Dr. George
Cleveland. It is the first of a pro
posed series concerning Henricus,
the second city founded by the
British in this country. Located
ten miles from Richmond, the city
was established after Jamestown
had been built on a marshland in
defiance of the orders of the King.
.The 500 people who moved from
Jamestown to Henricus began the
permanent colony.
Two historical theories concern
ing the, city, its characters and its
disappearance will be treated in the
series. The first is that the Indian
princess Pocohantas was held
prisoner there and was first ex
posed to the Anglican religion
there. The second one, that'the
city was destroyed in the Massacre
of. 1622, has been proved incorrect
by Dr, Cleveland. His statement
that the city existed until the 1630’s
has caused speculation as to wht^t
happened to' the city. At the site
there now remains only a seven
acre forest. “The Lost City of
Henricus" discusses the gradual
disappearance of the city because
the people moved to the outlying
country.
The two scripts are the first joint
effort of the Bray brothers, who
are now working on a book of
plays for women. A Boston pub
lisher has , an option on.it. Mr.
vjim Bray has had two earlier plays
presented at the College of William
and Mary: “The Cry of Prose” and
“A "Vote for Arnold Harris”. Mr.
Ben Bray’s “Goodby Is My Word”
was presented at Coker College.
Campus Comm.
States Purpose
The Concessions Commission is
in charge of all money that comes
from the vending machines in all
the dormitories. The various com
panies send the college a check at
different times during the year.
This money is then turned over to
the Concessions Commission and
they do with it as they see fit.
When an organization feels that it
Is in need of money it may present
a petition to the Commission. The
Commission meets with Mrs. Heid-
breder to diScuss the petition and if
they feel that the college will bene
fit from the reasons stated in the
petition, they usually grant the
petition and present a check to the
organization for the said amount.
This year the Commission has
given each dormitory 25c per
capita. It has given the Marshals
$25 for new regalia and has taken
full responsibility for all television
repairs up to one hundred dollars.
' This year the officers of the
Commission are as follows: Susan
Kuykendall, chairman ; Patsy
Eskew, treasurer; and Libby Hod
ges, secretary.
ANNOUNCEMENT
IRS is sponsoring a student-
faculty coffee, especially honoring
the new members of the faculty.
The coffee will be held on Monday,
October 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Strong
Friendship Rooms. All faculty
members and all students are in
vited to come. The six new faculty
members to be honored are Mr.
Smith, Mr. Mangum, Mr. Harvey,
Mrs. Hanner, Mr. Carver, and Mr.
Allen.
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Tina Thrower
Jo Hiergesell
Louisa Freeman
Pierrettes Announce Cast For
’Taming Of TheShrew” Production
Casting for the first Pierrette
'lay of the year. The Taming of
He Shrew, was completed on
'ictobe-r 4. Peggy Brown will play
he shrew, Katherina.
Peggy, ■ a French major from
'laston, Pennsylvania, is a senior
:epresentative to Pierrette Council,
ler stage experience includes the
girl friend in Moliere’s The Miser,
nother of the boyfriend in The
Boyfriend; Aaron in Christopher
’^ry’s The First Bom, Mrs. Can
dour in Sheridan’s School for Scan
dal, and a woman in Christ in the
Concrete City. Peggy was assist
ant director for No Exit by Jean-
Paul Sartre in her junior y'ear.
The tamer of the shrew, Pet-
ruchio, will be portrayed by Louisa
Freeman, president of the junior
class. A French major from Co
lumbia, ' S. C., Louisa is a junior
representative t'o Pierrette Council
and an assistant to the set chair
man. She has worked on the pro
duction staff for the past two years
and played a woman in Overtones,
which was presented during Orien
tation this year. This is her first
major role.
Bianca, Katherina’s younger sis
ter who cannot be married until
Katherina is, is played by Tina
Thrower. Tina is from Belmont,
N. C., .and is a public school music
and voice major. She is president
of the Music Club. Bianca is Tina’s
first major role.
Lucentio, Bianca’s suitor who
disguises himself as her tutor to
fool her father, will be played by
Jo Hiergesell. Jo, a junior math
major from Valdese, N. C., trans
ferred to Salem this September
from Wingate Junior College. At
Wingate she was a member of the
Masque and Wig, a dramatic club
comparable to Pierrettes. She has
worked with the technical produc
tion of plays and has played one
of the old maids in Arsenic and
Old Lace. She also played Ophelia
in Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a small
Peggy Brown
Masque and Wig production in co
operation with the Wingate Eng
lish department.
The play will be presented in Old
Chapel on November 16 and 17 at
8:30 p.m. Originally a five act
play. The Taming of the Shrew has
been adapted for the modern audi
ence and changed to three acts. It
' will be presented on a modified
White Explains Fallout
Shelters In Assembly
On Tuesday, October 17, instead
of the regular assembly program in
Memorial Hall, each class will hold
class meetings. The senior class
will meet with Dr. Hixson.
In assembly on Thursday, Oc
tober 19, Mr. Jack White, assist
ant to Dr. Gramley, will speak on
“Civilian Defense.” His talk will
be primarily to explain the fallout
shelters which the college will soon
have. In the large dormitories, the
different floors will have certain
areas to which to go; in the smaller
dorms, several may be combined
and assigned to one area. There
will be a specific girl in charge of
each area; she will be responsible
for the girls themselves and also
for the necessary provisions while
in the shelter. In his talk, Mr.
White will give an idea as to the
approximate length of time one
might be in these shelters. He
will also explain the provisions
which will be provided by the col
lege, such as food and water, and
those for which the student herself
must be responsible.
Mr. White said that the program
will help prepare the students for
the information sheet which they
will receive in two or three weeks.
He explained that the sheet with
fallout shelter information is quite
Important and that each girl should
. understand it thoroughly—not
throw it in her wastebasket.
Shakespearean stage with the au
dience seated in the pit. Mr. Car
ver, director of the play, promises
that colorful costumes will be an
outstanding feature of the play;
Eleanor Quick and Joan Thrower
will be in charge of costumes;
Cathy Lanier will be stage manager
for the production.
Rehearsals for the play will be
conducted in small groups in scene
subdivisions.
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Shakespeare’s version of The
Taming of the Shrew is believed to
have been written between 1596
and 1599. Though he is generally
considered the author of the play,
his version was an improvement
and revision of a play published in
1594, “A pleasant conceited History
Christopher
Sly Joanna Johnson
Hostess Hacket
Sara Griffin
A Lord
Kay Ezzell
Page
Diana Wells
1st Servingman
Nancy Rice
2nd Servingman
Anne West
3rd Servingman
G. G. Monk
Tranio
May Brawley
Lucentio .
Jo Hiergesell
Baptista
Lynn Morrison
Bianca
Tina Thrower
Hortensio .
Betty Black
Gremio
Elizabeth Wilson
Grumio .Anna
Leigh Thornton
Blondello
Susan Ellisop
Petruchio .
Louisa Freeman
Katherina .
Peggy Brown
A Pedant .
Sandy Smith
Vencentio .
Sheila Smith
Curtis
. Trudi Schmidt
Nathanial
Jackie Zipperer
Phillip
Sandra Marsh
Joseph
.Carolyn Ausbon
Nicholas
Myrtle Moon Bilbro
A Tailor ...
Carolyn Tyson
A Widow .
Winnie Davidson
A Messenger .
Linda Gunn
called The Taming of A Shrew, as
it was sundry times acted by the
Earl of Pembroke and his Ser
vants.” The text of this earlier
play is still in existence, and it ap
pears to have been written by
several people. Among those who
have been suggested are Marlowe,
Green, and Shakespeare.
Hazlett says, “The Taming of the
Shrew is almost the only one of
Shakespeare’s comedies that has a
regular plot and downright moral.
It is full of bustle, animation, and
rapidity of action. It shows ad
mirably how self-will is only to be
got the better of by stronger will,
and how one degree of ridiculous
perversity is only to be driven out
by another still greater.”